January 2012 – Monthly SQL Server Checklist

It’s the first Monday of January and for most of us it’s probably a vacation day.  No fear, you can...

Pro and Cons of Parameter Sniffing

Look at the following 3 scripts:
-- 1. Hardcoded
SELECT
*
FROM
Sales.Orders
WHERE
DateAndTime < '19900101'

-- 2. Variable
DECLARE @FilterDate DATETIME = '19900101'
SELECT
*
FROM
Sales.Orders
WHERE
DateAndTime...

Renewed as MVP for SQL Server

I have been renewed as an MVP for SQL Server. This is my 4th award. It's humbling to receive the...

Review of my blog posts in 2011

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog.

Here’s an excerpt:
The concert hall at the Syndey...

SQL Index Fragmentation and sys.dm_db_index_physical_stats

Fragmentation of an index can severely affect performance. When logical ordering of the key within a page does not match...

SQL Server A to Z – YEAR

SELECT 'Happy '+ DATENAME(dw, GETDATE())Welcome to the penultimate installment of SQL Server A to Z (it’s not often I get to...

Wrapping Up 2011

Goal Setting
Last year, I did a wrap up post of the year to see where I landed from where I...

2011 – The dissection

 
Blimey, doesn’t seem like a year since I wrote my last end of year review End of year review 2010...

2012: SQL Server, Olympics, Football and Darts

Today is the first day of 2012 and some commentators and bloggers in the SQL Server blog space use this...

Renewed

I received my fourth (or fifth?) renewal notice as a Microsoft MVP this morning. I am proud to be recognized...